David LaChance punched in on the Automotive Alphabet parade with his submission of a standalone P, one that not only fits our criteria, but also presents a perfect opportunity for pondering what automobile provided this piece (hint: you’ve seen the whole car on the blog in the last couple weeks).
Once you’ve placed the P, pass […]

While we’re pretty sure we positively identified Private Lewis van Alstyne’s car as a one-off G.J.G. racer, we haven’t closed the book on the car yet, and Marianne DeAngelis of the New York Guard sent us a couple additional photos of the car, recently discovered in the Elting Library’s Heidgerd-Haviland collection. Marianne writes:
He (Private van […]

If I had the time and energy, I’d like to do a little long-term experiment: Comb through all the collector-car classified ads I can find for any cars claiming to have once been owned by celebrities or politicians. Plot them on a timeline and see how they correspond (both individually and as a whole) to […]